Ever Been Pulled Over By Police While Driving?

Warrigal said:
Another Australian program that saves lives. Before RBT there were too many drunks behind the wheel. We also have random roadside drug testing too but I've never been stopped for this test.
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We have fixed/predermined sobriety checkpoints. Our 4th Amendment does not permit selective random enforcement.
 
Just Jeff said:
Did he ever hurt anyone or cause extensive property damage ?
I ask because too often someone hits and kills someone, or causes thousands of dollars in damage, and gets of scot-free because .... they had enough money or something ?
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This driver was what cops call a "frequent flyer " meaning he wasn't learning from his previous charges and convictions. Lets remember this all happened in Canada, not the USA. Here we enforce traffic laws evenly, and having "money " isn't a way to avoid punishment. A recent case here where a 22 year old driver killed a woman and her three kids , while speeding and driving drunk, resulted in a 17 year prison sentence for the driver. JimB.
 
ohioboy said:
Police can not do that over here!
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Actually they can do a roadside breath test, provided they have "reasonable and probable grounds to believe that you MAY be impaired by alcohol OR drugs ". Those are based on observations while you were driving, then how you answer questions after being stopped, your physical appearance, speech, and ability to perform physical tests. The process is a number of steps, that taken together results in the officer forming the conclusion that you are impaired. The breath test is done twice. Once at the roadside, and again at the station. The two readings are compared to see how much alcohol you have in your blood stream. In other countries, it is standard procedure to breath test EVERY driver that is stopped for ANY reason. That gets the possibility of alcohol consumption off the table, at the start of the traffic stop. JimB.
 
I was pulled over in two speed traps. Ya know, the speed limit is 45, but for a few hundred feet, it drops down to 25, AND there just happens to be a cop hiding behind some bushes. In PA, most of the local police funding comes from traffic fines.
At one trap, I was this rookie cop's first ticket. He had his sergeant (?) with him, who was yelling at him. The cop got shook up, and was making mistakes on the paperwork. So the sergeant yelled more, which made the cop make more mistakes. I'm watching this in my rearview mirror. The cop car is bouncing up and down with the screaming sergeant. It took an hour to get my ticket. I felt so bad for the cop.
 
My father-in-law has this “special” bumper sticker that makes him immune to getting pulled over, or so he says. Some special secret code with blue and black bars. Me, I just try to obey the rules, but still I slip up every ten years or so.
 
jimintoronto said:
Actually they can do a roadside breath test, provided they have "reasonable and probable grounds to believe that you MAY be impaired by alcohol OR drugs ". Those are based on observations while you were driving, then how you answer questions after being stopped, your physical appearance, speech, and ability to perform physical tests. The process is a number of steps, that taken together results in the officer forming the conclusion that you are impaired. The breath test is done twice. Once at the roadside, and again at the station. The two readings are compared to see how much alcohol you have in your blood stream. In other countries, it is standard procedure to breath test EVERY driver that is stopped for ANY reason. That gets the possibility of alcohol consumption off the table, at the start of the traffic stop. JimB.
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I did not say roadside breath tests were not permissable, just not a pick and choose random stop type as WG outlined.
 
I got stopped last summer coming home from a friend's house late at night. There was no one else in sight, and I was rummaging around in my cavernous purse for my water bottle. At the same time, I thought I was glad there were no cops around because I was swerving a little. Don'tcha know the next thing I see in my rear view mirror are cop car lights, lol. 🚔 I pulled over and told him what I'd been doing and thinking. He laughed, then checked my license and registration and let me go. Lucky me.

Bella✌️
 

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